that is a weird set of photos, why are there photos of things that don't go with this car?
BaT: Euro 1973 BMW 3.0CSi 5-Speed
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Dealer blamed his computer!
Like HAL 9000
It does look like they put a lot of work and new parts into it
It does look like they put a lot of work and new parts into it
Ya, seems a bit of bondo on there, but am sure most of it was sanded off. They did a great job getting all the contours right if the bondo is indeed left on thick:
No telling how much was left under the paint.
If I was bidding, I'd ask for seller to put a magnet on those places.
I'd let that guy do bodywork on any of my cars. Looks awesome.
Those were dealer installed at buyer’s request.
My euro passenger door has no mirror. The driver’s door is US spec, likely from the donor car that provided so many other parts. Was it common for US bound cars to get one mirror? If I had to guess, the passenger door is the original CSI door.
Back in the day all BMWs came with only the driver side mirror like my 74 2002 had. You could have the dealer install a mirror but if you waited a couple of years and wanted one you now had to buy a flag mirror as traps weren’t available hence many older BMWs have both flag mirrors.
Shouldn’t there be some primer or sealer on there first before applying the bondo? I’d want to seal that raw metal before applying anything on top of it.
Epoxy primer works if you can sand it with something like 150g without sanding it all off. Bare metal is fine but filler is porous so it needs to be sealed as soon as possible.
In general, I take issue with someone that takes 100 plus pics of the new interior but not a single picture of the most important, rust prone areas and the remediation done. Fluff job...
Crazy numbers again and a battle on BAT....WOW! $175K!
....aaaaaand I'm suddenly terrified to drive mine. I'll just go caress it a bit, I guess.
James......c'mon man, don't you know that adding an offset black stripe sticker and not stitching the seat properly actually ADD'S $50K, but only to '73 CSI's......LOL....sarc of course......